Contents tagged with Putin
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Putin and Lukashenko to sign decree on integration of Russia and Belarus
On September 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin will sign a joint decree with Alexander Lukashenko on the integration of the Russian Federation and Belarus.
This is a package of "road maps" for integration, the last 28 documents outlining the integration of the two countries. The signing should take place during the meeting between Putin and Lukashenko in Moscow, Interfax quotes the Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Vladimir Semashko.
"The Union government will have a meeting where all these …
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Russia starts building four submarines and two corvettes
On Monday, August 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a keel laying ceremony for four submarines and two corvettes, reports the Kremlin’s press service.
Nuclear submarines Prince Potemkin, Dmitry Donskoy and large submarines Mozhaisk and Yakutsk will be built in St. Petersburg and Severodvinsk, and corvettes Grozny and Buiny in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
According to Putin, Russia needs a powerful and balanced navy, because it "plays a key role in ensuring the country’s security, protects …
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U.S.: Russia preparing another test launch of nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile
Russia may be preparing to try another launch of a nuclear-powered missile Burevestnik (Skyfall), the previous tests of which turned into a tragedy and the death of five people.
A new test of one of five types of super-weapons announced by President Vladimir Putin in 2018 could take place at one of the testing sites near the Arctic Circle, CNN reported.
Photos taken on Aug. 16 by private company Capella Space showed that large shelters were erected at the test site in two months period to …
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Putin’s press secretary’s daughter to secretly marry an influential Chechen in Italy
23-year-old daughter of the Russian Presidential spokesman, Elizaveta Peskova is getting married. Her husband, reportedly, will be an influential 33-year-old Chechen, Ruslan Golbazov.
The upcoming marriage has been reported by the Russian opposition publication Open Media, which is citing two sources who received an invitation to the event.
According to Open Media, the wedding will take place in Italy on the island of Sardinia in the luxury resort of Porto Cervo. It is expected that hundreds …
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Kremlin: Biden’s statements about Putin are intended for Americans worried about Russia’s technological achievements
US President Joe Biden's statement that the Russian economy relies only on nuclear weapons and oil is an attempt to calm domestic opponents alarmed by Russian innovations in the field of high technology and the change in the position of the American leader on Nord Stream 2, said the Vice-Speaker of the Russian Federation Council, Konstantin Kosachev.
"Some [Biden's] statements cause sincere bewilderment. This is, in fact, an attempt to repeat the ridiculous thesis of [former U.S. President] …
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Putin promises Russia's enemies an inevitable blow
Thanks to the latest weapons, Russia is able to detect any enemy and strike an inevitable blow, if necessary, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg, which was attended by more than 4 thousand troops and more than 50 vessels, including a Borey-A nuclear submarine with ballistic missiles.
"Today, the Russian Navy has everything it needs to guarantee the protection of its native country, our national interests," Putin said.
Speaking in front of the monument …
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Kremlin: Putin praised Merkel for consistently pursuing completion of Nord Stream 2
The Kremlin press service said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are satisfied with the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.
In turn, Merkel’s press service said that the Chancellor spoke to Putin over the phone about the construction of Nord stream-2 and the transit of gas through Ukraine.
Angela Merkel told Putin that the situation around Nord Stream 2 was discussed during the talks with the U.S. President Joe Biden.
At the same time, the …
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Putin’s article on Ukraine to be included in Russian Army curriculum
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu has ordered to include an article "On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians" written by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the mandatory topics for military-political training of Russian Army servicemen, reported RBC, citing Russian Defense Ministry.
According to RBC’s interlocutor, the key thesis about the unity of the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian peoples "is shared by all Russian servicemen", and because of the large number of soldiers …
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Putin promises new loans to Lukashenko
The Kremlin promised new financial support to Minsk, after the talks between the self-proclaimed president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which took place on Tuesday, July 13, in St. Petersburg.
Putin and Lukashenko meeting, the fourth in 2021, lasted more than five hours. Neither the Belarusian nor the Russian media reported on the amount of the loans. "We agreed on financial assistance in connection with the tax maneuver in Russia," said Dmitry Peskov, …
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Kremlin publishes Putin’s article claiming that Russians and Ukrainians are ‘one people’
Russia and Ukraine have been a single economic system for many centuries, wrote Russian President Vladimir Putin in his article "On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians", published on the Kremlin's website.
"Recently, answering a question about Russian-Ukrainian relations during the Direct Line, I said that Russians and Ukrainians are one people, a single whole," Putin writes. “These words are not just a tribute to some conjuncture, current political circumstances. I've said it more …